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Sunday, May 31, 1942
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The Headlines
$2,176,071 IS BET; Handle Sets Record as Market Wise Annexes $38,300 Suburban WHIRLAWAY IS RUNNER-UP Favorite Three Lengths Back, With Attention Third -- Some Chance Captures Roseben MARKET WISE WINS FROM WHIRLAWAY
Read in The New York Times →#1 on Your Hit Parade
Tangerine
Unknown Artist
The must-have
Red Ryder BB Gun
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Gi
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Bobby Soxer
neatodreamydreamboat
Tech Check
V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.
Cost of Living (1940)
Loaf of Bread
$0.08
Gallon of Gas
$0.18
Average Home
$2,938
New Car
$850
Time Elapsed
30,687 days ago
(84 years, 27 days)